Confirmation hearing

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor answers questions from Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) during the second day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Sotomayor faces a full day of questioning from Senators on the committee today. Sotomayor, an appeals court judge and U.S. President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, will become the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court if confirmed.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor answers questions from Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) during the second day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Sotomayor faces a full day of questioning from Senators on the committee today. Sotomayor, an appeals court judge and U.S. President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, will become the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court if confirmed.